diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abe52b6..c9d31c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-set()
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(libbpic VERSION 1.0.0 LANGUAGES C DESCRIPTION "encode and decode any file to an image")
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ set(BPICDECODE_TEST_SOURCES
 # building
 
 add_library(bpic ${BPIC_HEADERS} ${BPIC_SOURCES})
-set_target_property(TARGET bpic PROPERTY C_STANDARD 90)
+set_target_properties(bpic PROPERTIES C_STANDARD 99)
 
 target_include_directories(bpic PUBLIC src/bpic/include)
 set_target_properties(bpic PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER bpic.h)